- title: "Monitor performance metrics through Prometheus"  # The name of the feature to be deprecated
  announcement_milestone: "14.7"  # The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
  removal_milestone: "16.0"  # The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
  breaking_change: true  # If this deprecation is a breaking change, set this value to true
  body: |  # Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
     By displaying data stored in a Prometheus instance, GitLab allows users to view performance metrics. GitLab also displays visualizations of these metrics in dashboards. The user can connect to a previously-configured external Prometheus instance, or set up Prometheus as a GitLab Managed App.
     However, since certificate-based integration with Kubernetes clusters is deprecated in GitLab, the metrics functionality in GitLab that relies on Prometheus is also deprecated. This includes the metrics visualizations in dashboards. GitLab is working to develop a single user experience based on [Opstrace](https://about.gitlab.com/press/releases/2021-12-14-gitlab-acquires-opstrace-to-expand-its-devops-platform-with-open-source-observability-solution.html). An [issue exists](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/6976) for you to follow work on the Opstrace integration.
# The following items are not published on the docs page, but may be used in the future.
  stage: Monitor  # (optional - may be required in the future) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  tiers: [Free]  # (optional - may be required in the future) An array of tiers that the feature is available in currently.  e.g., [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/346541  # (optional) This is a link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  documentation_url: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/operations/metrics/dashboards/  # (optional) This is a link to the current documentation page
  image_url:  # (optional) This is a link to a thumbnail image depicting the feature
  video_url:  # (optional) Use the youtube thumbnail URL with the structure of https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNIQUEID/hqdefault.jpg
